Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus' as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an' I could not understand 'dem, no how.
Never wound a snake; kill it.
'Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.
I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.
